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Maxims of Theognis: Though having overtaken with my
Translated by Rev. J. Banks (Bohn, 1856) · From Hesiod, Callimachus and Theognis (Bohn, 1856)
Though having overtaken with my feet, as a lion trusting in his strength, a fawn from a stag, yet have I not drunk its blood: and though I have mounted lofty walls, I have not sacked the city; though I have yoked my steeds, I have not set foot in my chariot. I have accomplished and yet not accomplished, succeeded and yet not succeeded, done yet not done, achieved yet not achieved.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
Codex Note
Literal prose translation by the Rev. J. Banks (Bohn, 1856), printed as prose: the plain-sense companion to Frere’s verse version. Banks’s hyphenated compounds are his own.
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MLA
Megara, Theognis of. “Maxims of Theognis: Though having overtaken with my.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/297/.
Chicago
Megara, Theognis of. “Maxims of Theognis: Though having overtaken with my.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/297/.
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